TESL Ontario, established in 1972, is a non-profit organization serving the needs of teachers of English as a Second Language and English Literacy Development. In its commitment to professional development and advocacy, TESL Ontario addresses the range of competencies, experiences, and issues which influence the success of immigrants, refugees, visa students, and others who are learning English.

BC TEAL is hosting its 50th Annual Conference May 3-5, 2018 at UBC Vantage College. This year is particularly exciting as we're partnering with TESOL International Association, who will be hosting a pre-conference symposium on the 3rd.

The Fall issue of CONTACT TESL Ontario Magazine can be downloaded from our new website for CONTACT at http://contact.teslontario.org/issues/fall-2017/ . The new website for CONTACT makes it possible for you to search all the articles in recent issues or download previous issues.

Pearson Canada is organizing an academic workshop of which the focus is to link the outcomes of the Pearson Test of English Academic to the Canadian Language Benchmarks. We can now confirm that this will take place in the week commencing 11 th September 2017.